Articles on Lead poisoning

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If you have bought an Aldi “The Spiral Spring Mixer Tap” you should not use water from it for drinking or cooking until investigations of reported lead contamination is complete. What we know The media…

A baby plays with blocks spelling out one of the most famous formulas in history.
vchal/From www.shutterstock.comJune 16, 2017

A new model of citizen-led science is emerging – as in the case of Flint, Michigan's poisoned water. Rather than simply supporting scientists, citizens ask their own questions and set the research agenda.

Up until the 1940s, as much as half of U.S. water piping from main lines was made of lead.
Thomashawk/flickrJanuary 25, 2016

If Flint, Michigan were an affluent suburb, would residents have been exposed as long to drinking toxic water? Pioneering scholar Robert Bullard calls Flint's crisis a classic case of environmental discrimination

Pregnant women in three Australian cities are not told that lead exposure during pregnancy is linked to miscarriage and early delivery.
Flickr/Luca MontanariJanuary 11, 2016